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Rodrigo de Jerez

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Rodrigo de Jerez was one of the Spanish crewmen who sailed to the Americas on the Santa Maria as part of Christopher Columbus's first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. He was born in Ayamonte, a small city in the southwest of Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rodrigo de Jerez has received more than 120,770 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Rodrigo de Jerez is the 246th most popular explorer, the 912th most popular biography from Spain and the 39th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Rodrigo de Jerez ranks 246 out of 498Before him are Eduard von Toll, Grigory Potanin, Nikolaus Federmann, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, and Lady Hester Stanhope. After him are Edward Bransfield, Juan de Garay, Pero Escobar, Ingvar the Far-Travelled, Thorvald Eiriksson, and Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1350, Rodrigo de Jerez ranks 23Before him are Qara Osman, Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, Spinello Aretino, Anna of Trebizond, Ilyas Khoja, and Madhava of Sangamagrama. After him are Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden, Qulpa, Dan II of Wallachia, Katherine Swynford, Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, and Johannes von Tepl.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rodrigo de Jerez ranks 912 out of 3,355Before him are Juan Yagüe (1891), Adolfo Nicolás (1936), Juan Martín Díez (1775), Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz (1310), Joan Segarra (1927), and Gonzalo Queipo de Llano (1875). After him are Francisco de Toledo (1515), Carmen Sevilla (1930), José Antonio Reyes (1983), Pablo Iglesias Posse (1850), Domingo de Soto (1494), and Fructuosus of Braga (601).

Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Rodrigo de Jerez ranks 39Before him are Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Francisco de Montejo (1479), Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460), and Pedro Cieza de León (1520). After him are Juan de Garay (1528), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Pizarro (1511), João da Nova (1460), Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), and Francisco de Ulloa (1501).